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Pimples, puss filled ant bite looking bumps on toddlers????????

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I have 4 year old twin boys and a 2 year old son. One of my twins started getting these "pimples" behind his leg and now he bas them on hi back and butt. Now my two other sons have started to get them as well. Dr. does'nt know what it is, thought it might be some kind of rash "that kids get", not a good enough answer for me. Tried different "rash" cream, but we have had no succes. The boys are not itching them, however, when we try to look at them they don't want us touching the bumps. Anyone have any suggestions?

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My daughter had a boil they lanced it open and it came back MRSA.They put her on a powerful antibiotic. She has contact dermatitis (bad rashy skin Eczema) So she was easily reinfected. She kept getting the boils on her buttocks and backside of legs. I read that its extremely bad to take the antibiotic so often, SO after reading TONS of articles on the internet this is what I have come to know. Have your DR give you Bactrum for everyone in your household. Keep clean.use bleach to clean tubs, and bedding. Give children a mutivitamin daily (iron helps keep boils away) At 1st sign of pimple cover with triple antibacterial oint. or VICKS .should a boil occur. Give several very warm baths daily and rub vicks on the boil and cover with a bandage. This will drain the boil WITHOUT antibiotics. Only give powerful antibiotic if boils keep reocurring one after another. Read everything you can especially postings by other parent who have the same problem. Sometimes this is the best medicine of all

Did you get a culture done yet? If not, seriously, go do it - my baby girl had the exact same symptoms and we took her to the doctor for a look and she put her on a 10 day antibiotic course. Well, the ten days went by and it looked better, but four days after that it was back and the "pimples" were now HUGE boils and she couldn't even sit. It was MRSA and she had to be put on an IV antibiotic in the hospital for 3 days until they found an oral antibiotic the staph would respond to. It was terrible for all of us but we feel lucky to have caught it before it got worse. Please let me know how it all turns out for you!

I've never seen an ant bite before, but the same thing happened to my children. My daughter developed pimples with large "white heads" on them. It ended up being MRSA. It's very contagous so, of course, my other two have had it as well. I agree with the 1st person, you should ask your doctor to do a culture and see.

I'm getting upset reading some of these replies because it seems as though some of you have no idea what MRSA really is. It's scary, so stop telling these women that their babies have it. If your child had MRSA, you'd know. It's swollen, pus filled (but not always right away), painful, hot to the touch, and is almost always accompanied by a fever. Pimple like rashes are not MRSA. If a doctor diagnoses your child with MRSA without doing a culture of the wound drainage that takes 48 hours for the MRSA bacteria to grow, he is guessing and you need to get a second opinion. MRSA is resistant to many antibiotics and if your doctor is guessing and putting you or your child on one for no reason and you actually get a real MRSA infection later, it will already be resistant to that antibiotic and will be harder to get rid of. MRSA can be deadly if not treated promptly and effectively. My Dad died from it, and I've had it too. Please try to do some of your own research first ladies.

well let me just say go get the culture!!! my child has MRSA right now for the 2nd time in 6 months! this is a very serious issue, and should not be taken lightly, especially by you dr.! my sons symptoms were the same. every time it almost cleared up, it just started coming up again. CREAMS DO NOT WORK!!! the 1st time one of the pimples (within 24 hours) turned into a huge boil, just above his manly area and he had to be put to sleep so they could lance it, that was followed by 3 days of iv antibiotics in the hospital. this time i recognized it immediately, and he was seen by his dr. i think we caught it early this time, they put him on a sulfa antibiotic and after only 3 doses it is looking much better! in the diaper area, to me it resembles heat bumps that end up looking like white head pimples. hope this helps you and i pray your family does not have it, because it is just terrible! let me know how it turns out for ya'll! you will be in our thoughts and prayers!
Maria in KY.

My daughter was just in the hospital for 3 day due to a terrible MRSA cellulitis infection. We did not hae the boils or blisters as hers was deep into the tissue of her calf. I have found something that really helps her take the Clindamycin as she was also throwing it us as soon as she would swallow it. We spoke to the doctor and pharmacist and they said we can mix it wiht anything and it would not destroy any properties of it, so she had to take 3tsp 3x a day for 10 days. We mixed the 3tsp with about an ounce to 2 ounces of cranberry juice and she never once threw it up or put up a fight to take it anymore. I even tasted it and the cranberry juice is so strong that the flavor masksthe medicine really well. Hopefully this will help some of you get your little ones to take the medicine.

First dont try to pop them. My little girl is 18 months old. She has had 2 boils, one her inner thigh and the other one on the inside of her butt cheek. Starts out like a bug bite or a small pimple, then within hours feels like a hard knot under the skin. Very painful... Both times we went to ER and they started her on an oral antibiotic, and sent us home. Telling us if it gets bigger come back and they have to lance it. Both times they tripled in size and we had to have them lanced. Make sure if that happens to have someone go with you. Dont try it alone. They keeps my daughter awake for both, she didnt peel anything but having to hold her down was horrible. they cut them open, rinse them out and pack them. Sucks!!! Dont think its anything you did, everyone has staph on there skin some people like babys dont have a strong enough immune system to fight it off. Just be careful because it can be dangerous if let gone to long.

My 13 months old son just got home after 3 days at the hospital because of MRSA. He probably got it during his birth. I had an emergency C-section and I got it at the hospital. A few days after my C-section I developed a very bad infection and a abscess that was 5 cm deep and 10cm long. I had to be hospitalized again and have the pus drained. It was a long a painful process. Now, even worse, my baby developed a pimple on the back of his leg. He had fever and I took him to the dr. Eventhough he was taking antibiotic, two days later he had a big abscess and the area was purple. One dr at the hospital said to us that he would be fine if we only gave him antibiotic, however his pediatrician did not like this idea and sent us to another hospital. A pediatric surgeon there said that if we had waited he would be dead in 3 days. Our baby had to go under general anestisia and get it drained. Very painful for our loved one and for us. I do not want see him again like this. WHAT CAN WE DO? HELP!!

My son has been diagnosed with MRSA - we've been referred to a Pediatric Specialist in Infectious Diseases. He has prescribed a nasal ointment for my son, husband and myself (there's only three of us...for now) twice a day for five days, as well as a weekly bleach bath for two weeks (One tsp. per galon of water). My son's first time getting a boil was this past Christmas (he was 21 months old) and then again five months later. They put him on IV the first time, but our pediatrician changed it to oral antibiotics this time (Clindamycin). He gave it to us in capsulated form, and we mixed it with applesauce to cut the taste. The reason for the pill form is because the liquid form is even more revolting to take (and we tried it this time, and my son promptly thru-up EVERYTHING). This type of staph infection is NOT something to take lightly...if it gets into the blood, bone, or vital organs it can be lethal. If you're EVER unsure, get a culture done!

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